Gabe Newell Net Worth, Age, House, Wife, Children

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Name	Gabe Logan Newell
Date of Birth	November 03, 1962
Age	62 years old
Place of Birth	Everett, Washington, U.S.
Country	United States
Nationality	American
Gender	Male
Ethnicity	White
Religion	Not publicly disclosed
Sign of Birth	Scorpio
Profession	Entrepreneur, Businessman
Net Worth	Estimated $5.5 billion

Gabe Logan Newell was born in Seattle, Washington on November 3, 1962. Nothing is known of Newell’s education prior to grad school. For a man who is one of the world’s billionaires, Gabe Newell seems pretty modest, but so do a lot of people in his funding bracket. Gabe is not a name that can ever be forgotten when talking about the evolution and growing popularity of esports in today’s world. Originally an employee of Bill Gates, a multi-year billionaire, Newell eventually started his own company.

Family

Parents
Father	-
Mother	-
Marital status	-
Wife	-
No of Children	1
Son	Newell (name undisclosed)
Daughter	-

Physical Appearance

Height	In Centimeters - Not publicly disclosed cm In Meters - 1.7m m In Feet Inches - 1.7m
Weight	In Pound - Not publicly disclosed lbs In Kilogram - Not publicly disclosed Kg
Hair Color	Likely graying (previously brown)
Eye Color	Likely brown
Breast	-
Waist	-
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Gabe Newell attended Harvard University but dropped out in 1*983.
He took a job at Microsoft and worked on early versions of the Windows operating system (1.01, 1.02, and 1.03).
Newell credits his time at Microsoft with being more valuable than his education at Harvard.

Education

School	Lakeside School (Seattle)
College	Harvard University (dropped out)

Achievement

Gabe Newell developed Steam during the creation of Half-Life.
Steam's goals were to:
- Deliver faster and automatic updates for online games.
- Strengthen anti-piracy and anti-cheat measures.
- Facilitate faster game sales compared to retail.
By 2013, Steam became the leading digital distribution platform for PC games.
Newell is critical of game consoles, calling them a waste of time (particularly the PS3). Despite this, he:
- Approved porting Half-Life to other platforms and the PS2 in 2001.
- Agreed to port Portal 2 to the PS3 in 2010, praising its open development environment.
Gabe Newell's achievements include:
- Recognition by Forbes for his work with Steam and developer partnerships (2010).
- BAFTA Fellowship award for contributions to the video game industry (2013).
- Listed among the 100 richest people in the US by Forbes (2017) with a net worth of $5.5 billion.
Valve Corporation, under Newell, has produced other successful games like Dota 2, Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Left 4 Dead.

Favourite

Gabe Newell met Mike Harrington while working at Microsoft.
In 1996, Newell and Harrington left Microsoft to found Valve LLC, inspired by Michael Abrash who left Microsoft for game development.
Valve's first project involved creating their own game engine alongside their first game.
The company released the GoldSrc engine (based on id Software's Quake engine) and the game Half-Life in 1998.
Half-Life received critical acclaim for its immersive gameplay, graphics, and story, winning over 50 "Game of the Year" awards.
Building on this success, Valve released Half-Life 2 in 2004, a critical and commercial success winning 39 "Game of the Year" awards and the "Game of the Decade" award in 2012.